Create or Edit a training unit

A training unit is a flexible set of items a person needs to read, review and/or complete to be considered trained in a topic. A training unit typically covers a particular topic. A training unit has the following features:

  • Set renewal cycle timeframe (for example, training to be completed annually)
  • Assign to specific roles within the organisation
  • Schedule different times for different trainees
  • Sign-off by self or Supervisor sign-off option
  • Request evidence of completion
Example: 
  • Occupational safety and health training.

  • Nintex Process Manager User training.

Create a training unit

Promasters A Nintex Promapp system administrator who administers a Nintex Promapp site and has rights to view and edit all areas of a Nintex Promapp site. or Training Administrators Configures and coordinates the use of the Training Add-on, selects who will be training or competency owners, provides support and guidance for other roles, and acts as the primary point-of-contact for technical questions. can create training units.

  1. Do one of the following:
    • Go to Training > New > Training Unit.
    • Go to Training > Training Units > Create Training > Training Unit.
  1. In the Create Training Unit tab, complete the required fields.
  2. Click Save. The training unit is created and displays the following tabs:

Import training units

Training units can be imported using a Comma Separated Version (CSV) file format. You can import all the details of a training unit except for the resources associated with a training unit.

Note:  The owner and tags you import must be already created in your Nintex Process Manager site. You can only import new training records and cannot update existing training records using the import file.

  1. Go to Training > settings > Import Training Units > Import Training Units.
  2. In the Import Training Units dialog box, click excel to download the template.
    Note: 
    • Required columns are prefixed with a *.
    • The Owner field must be in the format "<First Name> <Last Name>" as displayed in the Admin > Users page.
    • Include a key/reference number in the first column to update the data for an existing training unit.
    • Use ; (semi-colon) to separate multiple tags or required roles.
    • You cannot import resources associated with a training unit.

  3. Click Choose File and select the .csv file to import.
  4. Click Import.

Import training history

You can import historical training records into your Nintex Process Manager site using a simple Comma Separated Version (CSV) file format.

  1. Go to Training > settings > Import History > Import Training History.
  2. In the Import Training History dialog box, click excel to download the template.
    Note: 
    • Required columns are prefixed with a *.
    • The Trainee Name field must be in the format "<First Name> <Last Name>" as displayed in the Admin > Users page.
    • Include a key/reference number in the first column to update the data for an existing training unit.
    • You cannot import resources associated with a training unit.

  3. Click Choose File and select the .csv file to import.
  4. Click Import.

Edit a training unit

  1. Go to Training > Training Units.
  2. Click on the Training Title you want to edit.
  3. In the Training Unit record, click the Edit tab.
  4. Make the required changes and click Save.

Schedule a new training

  1. Go to Training > Training Units.
  2. Click on the Training Title you want to schedule.
  3. In the Training Unit record, click the Trainees tab.
  4. If you have added roles when you created the training unit, the user details are displayed. You can filter using the following options:
    • Filter by Role
    • Filter by Status
    • Filter by Team & Location
    • Filter by Supervisor
  5. Do one of the following:
    • Select the check box for a specific user(s) and click Schedule New.
    • If you have not added roles - no user details are displayed, click Schedule New.
  6. In the Set Due Date dialog box:
    • Verify and update the required details.
    • Expand the Add Trainees section and add the required trainees by name or role/responsibility.
  7. Click Schedule.

Amend a training unit

Promasters A Nintex Promapp system administrator who administers a Nintex Promapp site and has rights to view and edit all areas of a Nintex Promapp site., Training Administrators Configures and coordinates the use of the Training Add-on, selects who will be training or competency owners, provides support and guidance for other roles, and acts as the primary point-of-contact for technical questions., Training Owners Owns the training materials and content, sets requirements, schedules trainees, and assigns a training supervisor for each scheduled session., or Training Supervisors A user who determines that an incident has occurred, chooses the relevant portfolio in Nintex Promapp and completes the applicable incident form. can amend the due date, supervisor or cancel a scheduled training.

Promasters A Nintex Promapp system administrator who administers a Nintex Promapp site and has rights to view and edit all areas of a Nintex Promapp site. and Training Administrators Configures and coordinates the use of the Training Add-on, selects who will be training or competency owners, provides support and guidance for other roles, and acts as the primary point-of-contact for technical questions. can delete completed training records.

Note: 
  • While you are able to select any trainee, you can only amend trainees with scheduled training.

  • To know if a trainee has scheduled training; check if there is a date in the Required By column. If no training is scheduled then the Required By column displays “Not Scheduled”.

  • Events associated to an onboarding can be amended in the same way that regular training events can be amended:
    • Changing the due date of an event associated to an onboarding will not affect the period in the onboarding plan.
    • Cancelling a training event associated to an onboarding will retain the training unit as part of the onboarding plan, however, it will be set to Exclude. The onboarding progress will be updated accordingly and a Close Onboarding notification will be generated for a completed induction.
    • For more information, see onboarding.
  1. Go to Training > Training Units.
  2. Click on the Training Title you want to schedule.
  3. In the Training Unit record, click Trainees.
  4. The user details are displayed. You can filter using the following options:
    • Filter by Role
    • Filter by Status
    • Filter by Team & Location
    • Filter by Supervisor
  5. Select the check box for the user(s) and click Amend Existing. Select one of the following options:

    Option Description
    Reschedule Date
    1. In the Reschedule Due Date dialog box, select the new date.
    2. Click Save.

    The changes are applied only to the selected trainees with a scheduled training event. Where applicable both trainee and supervisor notifications are regenerated with the new due date.

    Reassign Supervisor
    1. In the Reassign Supervisor dialog box, select the new supervisor.
    2. Click Save.

    Where applicable both trainee and supervisor notifications are regenerated. In the case of a Supervisor sign off training unit:

    • The old supervisor will have Mark Attendance notifications removed for the affected trainees.
    • The new supervisor will have Mark Attendance notifications created for the trainees.
    • The trainee will receive a Seen It notification with the updated supervisor information. Any existing Seen It notifications for the previous supervisor will be removed.

    For more information, see training notifications.

    Cancel Training
    • In the Cancel Training dialog box, click Save.

    Only the scheduled training for the selected trainees will be affected. Any previously completed training will not be cancelled.

    Delete Training

    In the Delete Training dialog box, the most recently completed training records (limited to a maximum of 10) are displayed in the list.

    1. In the Delete Training dialog box, select the check box next to the training record(s) you want to delete.
    2. Click Delete.

Delete a training unit

Promasters A Nintex Promapp system administrator who administers a Nintex Promapp site and has rights to view and edit all areas of a Nintex Promapp site., Training Administrators Configures and coordinates the use of the Training Add-on, selects who will be training or competency owners, provides support and guidance for other roles, and acts as the primary point-of-contact for technical questions., or Training Owners Owns the training materials and content, sets requirements, schedules trainees, and assigns a training supervisor for each scheduled session. can delete training units.

  1. Go to Training > Training Units.
  2. Click on the Training Title you want to delete.
  3. In the Training Unit record, click Delete Training Unit on the top-right of the training unit section.
  4. Click Confirm.

All outstanding training sessions scheduled for the training unit are deleted. However, records of completed training are retained for reporting.